Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

South East Lake

South East Lake is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Roebuck-South East Lake community. It borders Irondale to the Southeast, Brown Springs and East Lake neighborhoods across Oporto-Madrid Boulevard on the Southwest, Wahouma and North East Lake across 1st Avenue North to the northwest, and Roebuck Springs-South Roebuck across Red Oak Road, Newport Avenue and Roebuck Springs Road to the north. I-59 traverses the neighborhood's northwest corner. The neighborhood includes the Ruffner Mountain Mountain Preserve.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	50.6%	89	Bottom	1.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	1.5	85	Bottom	4.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	75.3%	74	Bottom	1.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	2.6%	70	Bottom	1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	82.9%	68	Bottom	1.00
Abandoned Structures	Blight	14.0%	67	Bottom	5.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	74.1%	66	Middle	3.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	5.8%	64	Middle	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	-11.6%	63	Middle	1.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	25.9%	63	Middle	4.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	77.9	61	Middle	4.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	25.7	60	Middle	1.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	0.8	56	Middle	1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0.2	55	Middle	4.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	21.4%	54	Middle	1.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	77.2%	53	Middle	3.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	5.7	52	Middle	4.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	53.5	48	Middle	4.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	24.0%	46	Middle	1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.4	45	Middle	1.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	41.9%	45	Middle	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	60.5%	42	Middle	1.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	76.9%	42	Middle	2.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	12.1%	42	Middle	5.00
Age of Housing	Housing	81.3%	40	Middle	1.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	119	40	Middle	4.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	78.7	39	Middle	4.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	36.5%	39	Middle	1.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	6.4%	35	Middle	1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	13.7%	35	Middle	5.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	25.8%	35	Middle	3.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	21.3%	31	Top	4.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	16.2%	26	Top	3.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	89.1%	22	Top	1.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	28.2%	19	Top	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	1.8%	18	Top	1.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	8.2	16	Top	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	43.4%	11	Top	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.7	9	Top	1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
School Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
School Readiness Scores	Educational Opportunities	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Preventable Hospitalizations	Health Systems and Public Safety	-	-	Data N/A	1.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Income Inequality	0.4	0.49
Concentrated Poverty	36.3%	30.9%
Life Expectancy	71.9	78.8
Population	7,290	210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.3	0.44
Park Quality	68

These measures, while clearly significant to community health, may not fit the criteria of “actionable” at the neighborhood level or data may only be available at a city-wide level. Because individual neighborhoods may not have a direct impact on these measures, they have been excluded from the Neighborhood’s overall ranking. However, they are documented to provide “context” for the neighborhood which could potentially identify alternative avenues to improve community health.